Job summary
- Main area
- Band 6 Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 409-6320684-A
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Heys - Southport Hospital
- Town
- Southport
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/07/2024
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist - Discharge to Assess
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you a confident Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a more rewarding clinical challenge within a Discharge to Assess Therapy Led service?
We have a fantastic opportunity for Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our pioneering team as part of the wider acute therapy team at Southport Hospital.
The Chase Heys New Directions, Discharge to Assess Therapy Team, offers a dedicated seven-day enhanced therapy service to 14 beds located within Chase Heys providing specialist assessment and intervention including discharge planning to adults following their acute stay in hospital.
Our team work closely with Trust colleagues, patients and families to achieve the best possible level of independence and quality of life, always supporting a discharge home where possible. Thus promoting the HomeFirst pathway and encouraging people's functional independence to stay safe in their own environment.
The successful applicant will be part of a motivated, forward thinking, multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and Assistant Practitioners. The team work closely with the wider MDT to include the Care Team at Chase Heys, Medical and Social Care colleague to provide excellent care and outcomes.
Continuous evidence-based practice and service development is fundamental to the team, and you will be passionate in identifying, leading and driving forward new projects.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining a recently established team and will have access to support and supervision from a Band 7 Team Lead, with wider clinical supervision provided through peer support from Trust colleagues. We have an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to develop both the service and themselves. The appropriate candidates will also demonstrate a strong commitment to training rotational therapists, rehabilitation assistants and undergraduate staff.
The Successful Candidate should:
- be a registered Occupational Therapist with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council)
- have a minimum of 2-3 years post-qualification experience
- have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of Occupational Therapy process / interventions and an ability to apply these skills
- have experience of and eagerness for continued professional development
- have experience of service development, audit and research
- work effectively as part of a team
- have excellent communication and time management skills
- be passionate about student education
Working for our organisation
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your care and support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients in a timely manner
- To take delegated responsibility from the Team Lead as required.
- To promote the HomeFirst pathway
- To promote enhanced moving and handling skills including moving with dignity
- To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To maintain Professional Registration
- To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Registrant Body guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these.
- To be responsible for a designated area of work, as delegated by a senior clinician. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively patient/client caseload, and use of time for self and more junior staff.
- To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training, and supervision of practice.
- To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of the pathway and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
- To train and supervise more junior staff and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
- To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Fieldwork/practice educator qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates substantial experience since qualifying; including experience within the acute and rehabilitation services
- Experience of being flexible and adaptable to manage the demands of working within the current challenges of healthcare
- Experience of mentoring, supervising, teaching and training
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously and within the wider multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates excellent time management, prioritisation skills and self management skills
- Demonstrates the ability to delegate appropriately and supervise junior staff
Working conditions
Essential criteria
- Ability to fullfil the travel requirements of the post
- Demonstrates an understanding of current issues in health care provision and their implications for Occupational Therapy and therapy services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Saunders
- Job title
- Clinical Therapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01704 705115
- Additional information
For an informal discussion or visit contact;
Sharon Saunders 01704 705115
List jobs with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors